magnesium protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase activity

id: GO:0046406
name: magnesium protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine(1+) + magnesium protoporphyrin IX = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H(+) + magnesium protoporphyrin IX 13-monomethyl ester.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0008171O-methyltransferase activity
GO:0008757S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase activity